Hockley in the Hole is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Playford (website) in 1651 in The English Dancing Master, London. It was interpreted by Scott Pfitzinger (website) in about 2019. It is a proper 4 Couple Longways dance. In this dance the couples are permuted by: 2341. It is a multipart dance. The minor set lasts 80 bars. It is in the key: G Major.
Lead up all forward and back That again Set and turn S. That again First man and last woman meet, and go back The first wo. and last man as much This as the first time First man arms with the last wo. and back again to his place The first wo. and last man as much As before First man go down to the last wo. and bring her up As before Last man come up to his own wo. lead her down, the 1. cu. following, and fall hindermost As before
The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.
The transcriptions and interpretations of Playford dances found on http://playforddances.com/ from the various editions of The Dancing Master are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
An online description of the dance may be found here.
I.A1 | 1-4 | Up a Double, back |
I.A2 | 1-4 | Up a Double, back (repeat) |
I.B1 | 1-4 | Partner set and turn single |
I.B2 | 1-4 | Again: Set and turn single |
II.A1 | 1-4 | First man and last woman meet and fall back |
II.A2 | 1-4 | First woman and last man meet and fall back |
II.B1 | 1-4 | Set and turn single |
II.B2 | 1-4 | Again: Set and turn single |
III.A1 | 1-4 | First man and last woman arm right |
III.A2 | 1-4 | First woman and last man arm right |
III.B1 | 1-4 | Set and turn single |
III.B2 | 1-4 | Again: Set and turn single |
IV.A1 | 1-4 | First man go down to last woman |
IV.A2 | 1-4 | First man and last woman lead to top, other women move down |
IV.B1 | 1-4 | Set and turn single |
IV.B2 | 1-4 | Again: Set and turn single |
V.A1 | 1-4 | Last man up to his partner |
V.A2 | 1-4 | Last couple lead down to next to last spot, 1s follow to bottom, others move up (women two places, men one) |
V.B1 | 1-4 | Set and turn single |
V.B2 | 1-4 | Again: Set and turn single |
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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © ~2019 by Scott Pfitzinger. And is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2021 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
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